Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17
MIR AND MRS. BoWsFR
Mrs Bowscr Reflects Upon the Happy Days of
Her Courtship When She Looked Upon Il rs
God
Detroit Free Press.

Her CourtShip When She Looked Upon rs
Il God
Detroit Free Press
1t makes me tired when sit and re-
iiect on the courtship that made me
change my name to Mrs. Bowser. was
full of trust and love and romance, and
looked upon Mr.. Bowser us god. One
OF his favorite pastimes was 70 place me
where the lamplght fell upon my hair
and 10 address me as his goldeu-haired
angel. Poor silly girl that / was, /
thought it would always last! One even
ing after we had been married FIVE or six
weeks | took my stand under the gas and
asked him if his angel was as dear to him
as ever.
"Humph" he growled as as he looked
me over.
But won't you praise my golden
hairyn
Golden carrots. Mrs. Bowser! If I
had such a mop of carroty hair on my
head as you possess, I'd go hide it away
in a barrel.
Then you have ceased to love me?N
Ceased nothing / have simpl
tired of all THIS boshy nonsense, and |
propose to settle down to the realitis
of life
During our courtship Mr., -Bowser de.
lighted to read TO me from books OF
poems, and he insisted on holding one
of my hands while he read. The second
evening we were in our own house |
brought out Longfellow and sat down
beside him and took his hand.
What are you paving around me fort
he ssked looking up?"
II want my deary to read to me-" ]
said.
well your deary has got something
else to do! I'm reading up ON bread and
butter instead of poetry. Please keer
your paw at bone"
"You used to read such lovely poetry
to me-"
That was because | was fool"
went over to the other side of tn,
room and cried, and he let me weep ava,
for a straight hour by tho clock before
he observed:
Now, Mrs. Bowser if you have go
through Swelling wen go down stair.
and measure that coal bin and figure III
the cubic feetw
During Cur courtship We used TO TAXI
long walks in the cleaning, and thou t
| was often so tired that could hardl,
drag one leg after the other, Mr.. Bowse
would insist on dragging me around. II,
was always quoting something abou
glorious l. uRa" and SILVER stars" an,
| heavens arch" and one night as we sa
upon the doorstep he put his arm aroun,
me and said he could sit there foreve
and aye. It was hardly month afte
our marriage that put on my hat on
evening and asked him il he didn't wan
to wander out for while and watch tn
silent night shut down,
I'D like to see myself eloshing aroun
with this Internal corn on my tueg" h
replied.
"Mr. Bowser, there was time whe,
you'd have walked all night with a corr
on every toe"
"That shows what nm idiot man cal
make of himself"
"You once said that we'd always wall
hand-in-hand in life's cleaning"
II don't believe it! knew was soft
but | don't believe / was as mushy a
that"
"But you certainly did"
"Well, I'll take it all back now View
got something else to do besides squeez
ing paws and signing about the gloam
irs. Darn the gioaming, Mrs. Bowser
Tho whole caboodle of il wouldn't bu,
peck of potatoes! II would look NOR
sensible for you to wander out into tn,
kit5hen and see how many tramps thu
cook is feeding at my expense"
Two months before our marriage 90
a hard cold and had chills and fever. /
was impossible TO keep Mr.. Bowser away
from the house, and on several occasions
he hung over me and murmgsed:
~ pray heaven To spare your preciou;
life! II you should die life would be
dreary blank TO me. OH darling try
and get we'll"
] tried and with the help of doctor
and plenty of two grain quinine capsules
| recovered. Two months after mar
riage 1 got caught out in rain storm
and in a day or two had chills and 8
sore throat. When Mr.. Bowser came
home at night / was abed. He took tn,
matter very calmly. Standing in the
bedroom door he said:
"Well, | suppose the doctor has beer
mere hHu hhH uIhuc u bii dBhiusb uiti sHu
that you have had dozen prescriptions
filled and chargedi'
Pm not very Ill
ooh, no! just i'll enough to upset the
whole house and make me 500 expense,
and all because of your own foolishnessr
Mr.. Bowser pray heaven TO spare my
precious life!n
"I'll be hanged if l do If you will q
gadding around in the slush and slosh
you must suffer for it,"
"Wouldn't life be dreary blank "a
you if / should die?"
"Well, dunno. 1t would upset the
house and make me $500 expense, and
suppose I'd have to wear a Grape band
for year. There's nc danger, however
Any one who can store away the pork and
potatoes you can is good for seventy-fvt
years yet. I'm going down to the club to-
night. III stop and tell your mother &c
run over. thoogh it's all nonsense. All
that ails you is too much grease on your
pancakes"
Many farmers place great stress on the
power of clover TO restore the fertility
OF the soil II does this by taking car
bon from the atmosphere and causing
elements in the soil to assume organic
shape. 1t is aided in this process by its
roots, which penetrate great distance
and thus Tighten up the soil. It is dis
puted question whether the blowing IL